Secondary school, second version

A recent survey revealed that 90% of people believe that all students in secondary school should be in mixed-ability classes. I totally disagree with this. From my point of view I think this could be the cause of disciplinary problems.

Having students of different levels and abilities in the same classroom, from one side may help those students with less competence, but on the other hand what will happen with the others pupils? Probably they will be distracted if they don’t find the activities challenging and that will produce bad behaviour.

This brings us to the subject of ‘violence in the classroom’. Dr. Aretha Franklin states that children at secondary school need to learn discipline, and physical punishment is the best way to achieve this. This is in complete disagreement of what public opinion believes. Violence only bring more violence, I consider that teachers as professionals of education should try others ways to deal with this kind of situations, such as psychology, patience, and understanding our students.

Sowing the seeds of love

The other day I have a little difference of opinion with my cousin Pablo. It was the day that invited him to eat hog dogs but as I forgot to buy the hot dog bread, and it was already too late, we had to eat it in “halluya” kind of bread, that turn out a complete but funny mess.

Well the thing is that while we were trying to eat this new kind of hot dog, on the radio we heard “Sowing the seeds of love” by “Tears for fear”, do you know it? This song was very famous during the last decade. I remember that I used to love it in that time, even when I didn’t have any idea of what was the song about.

The argue started when he said that the trumpets that you can hear at the half of the song wasn’t necessary, he also said that the song was nice but that sound mess up the whole song.

And I said “nice” just nice??? First, the song it’s more than nice. It’s beautiful; it’s a poem, an ode to love, to freedom. There is a new era and we are the protagonist of it, we have in our hands the power to choose our future, we have the power to love and make a difference.

That’s what I think “Tears for fears” were trying to express in the song or at least the main idea. So this is not just a nice song ITS AN HYMN!!!

“Feel the pain, talk about it, if you're a worried man then shout about it
Open hearts, feel about it, open minds, think about it
Everyone read about it, everyone scream about it
Everyone (everyone, yeah yeah)
Everyone (everyone) read about it, read about it
Read it in the books in the crannies
And the nooks there are books to read...”

After these lines it was essential the sound of joy, like a trumpet. Tututututututuuuuuuuu....

But what does he knows?!! He is only 19, and I’m supposed to do the homework instead of pretend to be a music critic.

My name is Marjorie Oliveros but people call me Mayo, Marge, Yorin Malloa, Mayonesa, Margarina... and if you fond something that "sounds like" my name and its easy for you to say it, it will be fine.

I am 24 years old (yesssssssssss I´m getting old!!!). I am studiying english pedagogy, and this it´s suppoused to be my last year, in 2007 I have the brilliant idea to go to Disney and for that reason I am stuck one more year here.

Since I study the whole week, I work at weekends in the worse place you can imagine: a supermarket. I hate my job specially because I have to stay there for 10 hours each day.

I live in Maipu, I live alone since I was 19, I used to have a cat but when I went to the United States he run away and I have never seen him again.

I have a boyfriend, we have been together for 1 year and 10 months his name is Sebastian and he studies gastronomy but so far he hasn´t cook anything delicious for me...

When I am not studiying or working I spend my free time with him doing nothing, watching movies.

Another thing that I like to do is listening to music, my favorite groups are Portishead, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Stereolab (tha name of this blog it´s taken from the album "Margerine Eclipse" by sterolab) and singers: Alanis Morrisette, Regina Spektor, Yael Naim and well a very good female voice its always welcome.

Of the picture in my avatar I dont have much to say. I was like 3 years old. Good time , when everything was easier